Today as I was leaving work, I stopped to admire a rainbow. I hadn’t seen a full one in a long time, and this one was beautiful. I paused for a moment to ponder why there was a rainbow while it was so sunny, and that’s when I saw rain slowly starting to pour at a diagonal across the sky … getting stronger and stronger until I vowed once again to check the weather in the morning.

On my way home, I desperately wanted to treat myself to some Chikfila but I had just vowed to my roommate that I needed to eat “healthier” and that meant less eating out.

When I got home, I went through the same thought process. Boil veggies so I can eat faster or roast it so that it will taste better? Hmmm 🤔  the struggle.

I decide to brave it and wait a little longer and roast the veggies. I was tired of eating mush.

I cut up some tomatoes (48 cents a pound), broccoli (precut), potatoes, and mushrooms (pre-sliced). Please let me take a moment to say how much I really like mushrooms. Ok, thank you, yes they are so delicious.

I toss it with some oil and salt, and roast it at 425 degrees for about 25 min. Now I want to throw a disclaimer here and say my potatoes were a little al dente. Maybe 450 degrees would’ve been better.

Wow look how yummy they look! If you’re wondering if your potatoes are cooked, just take a toothpick and insert it in. If it goes in easily, it’s done. (Btw, you can use any veggies you have on hand!)

In retrospect, the potatoes still look raw. So yeah, please use your best judgement.

I also made steamed eggs! My rice cooker has a steamer basket fitted on top, but if you don’t have that that’s ok! Google how to hack a steamer here.

Steaming eggs is easy! If you do it right, it will be silky smooth like tofu/flan. If you do it wrong, you will regret taking the time to do it. Just kidding, it will be fine. Easy peasy.

All you have to do is whisk two eggs with 2-3 tablespoons of water or chicken broth. Whisk it WELL, making sure to get all the clumps out. If you really want to follow best practices, put that mixture through the sieve!

Once you’re done, it will look like the frothy mixture below. Pour it into a shallowish flattish steamable bowl (not plastic!). Then steam for 7 minutes. Do not overcook it or it will not taste that good!!!

WARNING: Be careful when taking the bowl out of the steamer. It is hot hot hot! 🔥

Once you’re done pour a reasonable (1 tablespoon) amount of soy sauce over it to flavor it. Ok, so you can see I didn’t put it through the sieve or whisk the egg mixture that well. There’s a white cloud in the middle where the clump egg white hasn’t combined properly with the egg mixture. No worries, it still tasted fine 😊.

Wow look how silky smooth it looks AND tastes.

Ok, I attempted to take a picture of this deliciousness by plating both the roasted veggies and steamed egg.

Tada! Sorry for the bad lighting/plating … I need to work on that.

Steamed egg is a lot more filling to me than regular eggs (i.e. scrambled, over easy). It’s also delicious like a delicacy and I highly recommend it if you’ve never tried it.

Hope this encourages you to take the time to cook! If I can do it, you can do it.